Some of you may remember last month when I posted that I had called one of my state Senators at home to talk to him about illegal aliens in Idaho. At the time, I mentioned 287 (g) to him and he was really interested in it. He told me he had to go out of town the next day, but if I would give him some time when he got back to research 287 (g) he would call me back.

And he did, today. We talked for about 40 minutes on the phone. He not only researched 287 (g), he personally got in touch with David Motley (Public Relations) in Waukegan, Illinois. Because southern Idaho is in desperate straits with the illegal alien population down there, he thinks the program would be good for Idaho. His only concern is where to get the money until Homeland Security reimbursed the state. Idaho doesn't do anything unless it has the money. That's how we stay in the black all the time. Anyway, he assured me he was going to bring up this issue when the Senate meets again in January. I asked him what the chances were of getting the legislation passed and he said the chances were very good. He quoted the votes when Idaho voted in legislation this year to prevent illegal aliens from receiving State benefits. It passed the Senate 29-6 and the House 47-21. He also reminded me that last year we passed an English only law for Idaho.

We talked for a long time about all the aspects of illegal immigration and I was satisfied with his views and his answers. One thing in particular. I told him that a landscaping company from the State of Washington was over here doing sod work for an addition on one of our public schools. The landscaping company sent over a crew of illegal aliens. He said we couldn't do anything about about another state doing work here, but we certainly could do something about the illegals working on a contract paid by our taxpayers. He said he knew the Superintendent of the school very well and he was going to give him a little phone call. The Senator promised to keep me informed, although he said after talking to me he thought I was more informed on this issue than he was. I told him I've been doing my homework.